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UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

GEORGE WV. TURNER, OF BROOKLYN, NEW YORK, ASSIGNOR, BY DIRECT AND MESNEASSIGNMENTS, TO ROBERT HOE, THEODORE H. MEAD, AND

CHARLES \V. CARPENTER, OF NEYV YORK,

WEB-PRINTING- PRESS.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 572,283, dated December1, 1896. Application filed September 23, 1890. Serial No. 365,899 (Nomodel.)

To all whom, it 77m co /warn:

Be it known that I, GEORGE W. TURNER, of Brooklyn, Kings county, andState of New York, have invented a certain new and useful 5 Improvementin Printing-Presses, of which the following is a specification. I

It is frequently desirable that newspapers be accompanied bysupplementary matter and that such supplementary matter of certainclasses, such as illustrations, should form a part of the matter on apage of the main sheet, but not be printed on the main sheets, but beprinted on a separate sheet and this attached to the main sheet afterthe latter is printed. It is generally preferable also, especially inthe case of illustrations, that this supplementary matter should form apart of the front page of the main sheet.

The object of my invention is to provide means whereby newspapers orlike articles may readily be provided with small sheets containing suchsupplementary matter, and especially to provide means forsecuring suchsheets to the front page of a newspaper or like article. I

Where newspapers or like articles are printed from a web of paper thesupplementary matter will preferably bealso printed from a web. Then theportion of 'the web forming each newspaper or like article will be cutoif and folded, and the portion of supplementary matter on the other webdesigned for attachment to the folded newspaper or like article will becut off and fastened to the front sheet of the newspaper or likearticle. The supplementary matter for each newspaper or like article mayvary in size relatively to the front sheet of the newspaper or likearticle, and when .this is the case variations in the operation of themachine will be necessary to insure the attachment of the supplementarymatter to the same place on all the newspapers or like articles.

Having indicated the general object and nature of my improvement, I willdescribe in detail the particular example of the improvement which Ihave illustrated in the accompany drawings.

Figure l is an elevation of a portion of a web-.

printing press and of parts applied thereto .and embodying myimprovement; Fig. 2 is a side view of the parts shown in Fig. 1. Fig.

3 is a plan or top view, on an enlarged scale,

of the parts embodying the improvement. Fig. 4 is a vertical section ofthe parts embodying my improvement on an enlarged scale and takenparallel to Fig. 1 and in the plane of the dotted line a: .r, Fig. 3.Fig. 5 is a plan view of a table comprised in the machine.

Similar letters of reference designate corresponding parts in all thefigures.

A designates part of the frame of a webprinting press.

B designates the former of a longitudinal folder commonlycalled acow-catcheig-i over which a web WV after printing is doubled or foldedlongitudinally. This part may be of the ordinary or any suitableconstruction.

As shown, it consists of a sheet of metal which has its side edgesfolded or bent rearward on converging lines, whereby it is made to taperdownwardly and cause the bending of the web longitudinally at a pointmidway between the side edges, so that it will be doubled in the middle.The web during this folding operation passes between the former B andtwo rollers 0 G which are journaled in bearings provided on cross-piecesof the frame A. These rollers are adjacent to the lower portion of theformer. It will be seen that the former inclines forwardly as it is bentrearwardly. Owing to; this the web when doubled will be presentedbetweenthe rollers O C practically throughout the whole length of thelatter. Below the rollers C v C of the longitudinal folder are rollers DD which are journaled in bearings fastened to cross-pieces of the frameA and receive the folded web after it leaves the longitudi- 9o nalfolder. It is these rollers which cause the movement of the web over thelongitudinal folder. The roller D is capable of adjustment toward andfrom the roller D to secure the best results, but there is nothingnecessarily new about either of these rollers.

Below the rollers D D are two rollers E" E which are journaled inbearings provided on cross-pieces of the frame A and receive the foldedweb between them. The web is ICO out between these rollers. The roller Eis considerably larger than the roller E and may be termed a bedroller,as it supports the web while being cut. The roller E is provided withknives which cut the web transversely at the proper intervals to severport-ions containing the matter constituting newspapers or likearticles. These rollers may be of the usual or any suitableconstruction. Below the rollers E E are arranged rollers F F, whichreceive the severed portions of the web one after another and move theminward. These rollers may be journaled in bearings mounted upon theframe A.

G designates a roller, and G a revolving arm, whereby an adhesivesubstance, such as paste, may at intervals be applied to one side of theweb which forms the newspapers or like articles. Ordinarily the adhesivesubstance is .to be applied to that portion which is to form the frontpage. This roller G and the arm G may be supported by the main frame ofthe press and j ournaled in any suitable bearings connected directly orindirectly with such frame. The roller G is opposite that surface of.the web which is turned inside in the folding operation, andits solepurpose is to support the web during the pasting. The arm G is arrangedopposite the roller G, but outside of the web. Adjacent to it is aroller G which rotateswithin a paste-box G the latter having an openingin one side in which the roller works. The pastebox above its bottom Ghas a scraper which protrudes through the side opening in which theroller G works and serves to remove from the roller superfluous paste.The construction of the paste-box in relation to the roller G may bebest understood by reference to Fig. 4. The plane on which thissectional view is taken does not intersect the pastebox itself, but isbeyond one end of the paste;

box and intersects extensions of the sides and top which serve tosupport the paste-box.

The bottom of the paste-box is indicated bycross hatching it with dottedlines. The scraper is also indicated by dotted lines. It will preferablyconsist of a steel plate clamped on an elevated side portion 9 of thebottom of the paste-box and by means of a plate g,which is arrangedabove said elevated side portion of the bottom. This clamping-plate maybe fastened by screws or otherwise to the elevated side portions of thebottom. Owing to the fastening of the plate to an elevated side .portionof the bottom of the pastebox it does not bear throughout itssurfaceupon the main portion of the bottom of the paste-box, and hence may beraised or lowered by bending it up or down. The free end of the scraper,or, in other words, that end which is adjacent to the roller G hasdepending from it a number of pins g having inclined lower ends.Opposite these pins are a number of screws g which have conical ends andoccupy horizontalpositions. These screws are supported by bearings g andengage with nuts 9 By adjusting the screws in one direction theirconical ends acting against the inclined ends of the pins g will raisethe free end of the scraper and thereby cause it to remove more of thepaste from the roller G. When the screws are adjusted in the reversedirection, the resilience of the scraper will cause it to movedownwardly into a position wherein it will remove less paste from theroller G Of course the downward movement of the scraper will be aided bythe weight of paste upon it. The screws are shown as having handpiecesat their outer ends beyond the paste-box to facilitate their adjustment.

The arm G will periodically contact with the surface of the roller G andreceive paste therefrom. It will carry this paste to the outside of theweb. The extent of the surface of the web receiving paste from this armwill. of course be dependent upon the area of the outer extremity of thearm. As shown, the pasting portion is of sufficient size to apply pasteover a large part of the portion of the main sheet to be covered by thesmall sheet, so that the latter is attached bodily to the main sheet andforms a permanent part thereof. It will be understood, however, that themechanism shown may be used to attach sheets otherwise than bodily, andit is desirable, therefore, that means should be provided by which theamount of paste applied may be varied as desired; \Vith the constructionshown, moreover, in which I have provided means for varying the size ofthe small sheet containing the supplementary matter, it is necessary forthe attachment of all such sheets bodily to the paper in such a manneras to form a permanent part thereof that the extent of surface to whichpaste is to be applied should be increased with the size of the smallsheets. To afford provision for varying the surface to which paste willbe applied, I preferably make the outer extremity of the arm Gremovable. To provide for the removal of the outer end of the arm, Ihave shown the arm as bifurcated longitudinally and as having adovetailed slideway at the outer extremity. Its bifurcate portions maybe forced nearer together by means of a screw 9 passing through one andengaging with a tapped hole in the other. A block of wood or likematerial 9' is fitted into the dovetailed slideway of the arm andclamped therein. The outer surface of this block is arc-shaped and ispreferably faced with a sheet of felt or like material 9 By looseningthe screw 9 the force with which the bifurcate parts of the arm grip theblock will be relaxed, and then the block may be removed: and replacedby another having a greater or smaller area of surface. 7

The rollers C C may be mere idlers de riving motion from the web in itspassage. The rollers D D E E F F and the roller G and revolving arm Gare, however, rotated by any suitable means, as, for instance, throughgear wheels mounted upon their journals or shafts. It will beunderstood, however, that the roll will preferably be cut away oppositethe paster G to avoid offsetting, as shown in Fig. 3, although this maynot be found necessary.

W is the web of supplementary matter which is to be cut into pieces andthe pieces attached to the portions of the Web W, forming newspapers. Itpasses from a supplyroller H down and around a guide-roller H, andthence between two rollers H H whereby it is drawn forward. The rollersH H may be journaled in bearings affixed to the .main frame A. Therollers H H are, however, journaled in a frame A, which is fitted inoblique slideways H so that it may slide obliquely downward toward therollers E E or in the reverse direction. The bearings ,for the roller Hare made adjustable in housings in the frame A, so as to provide forvarying the pressure with which the roller H will coact with the rollerH Screws h, combined 7 with nuts h and springs 77, serve to vary thishousings with which said frame is provided,

and are combined with screws 7L7, whereby the position of the roller Hrelative to the roller H may be varied. On the shaft of the roller H agear-wheel 7L8 is affixed, and this engages with the gear-wheel h.

The web V after passing between the rollers I-l H passes between therollers H H. The roller H is a cutter and therefore is provided with aknife or knives h. As here shown, it has two knives arrangeddiametrically opposite to each other. In the periphery of the roller Hare fitted blocks 71 of wood or other suitable material. These arearranged at distances apart corresponding to the distances between theknives h? upon the surface of the roller H As the roller H is very muchlarger than the roller H there are in the present instance six of theseblocks h They may be fastened in place in any suitable manner. As hereshown, they are inserted endwise in dove tailed grooves which extendparallel with the axis of the roller, and are retained against endwisemovement by means of screws h which pass through them and engage withlugs 71 with which the ends of the roller are provided.

In passing between the rollers H 11 the web is severed into smallpieces, which will each be of the size necessary for the supplementarymatter. Opposite the meeting surfaces of the rollers H H a table I isarranged. two plates 2" '6 of steel or other suitablema- 'terialsupported by bars 1, extending parallel, with the rollers H H andfastened to the main frame A. The two plates 71 i of the table I are attheir upper ends serrated or provided with a number of fingers. Thefingers of each plate fit into the spaces between those of the otherplate, as may be readily understood by a glance at Fig. 5. These platesare fastened to the bars I by means of screws passing through slotsformed longitudinally in said plates and engaging with tapped holesformed in the bars. Owing to this construction of the table provision isafforded for elongating it or contracting it,witl1-' out forming a spacebetween its two parts. 7

The pieces of the web W cut off by the rollers H H pass over the tableI, and before being severed from the main portion of said web becomeengaged with two rollers J J which are journaled. in bearings supportedby the main frame A. The lower roller J will preferably be made of wood.It is arranged beneath the table I and between the bars I. It hascircumferential ribs which project upwardly through spaces provided forthem between the fingers of the two plates 1' i forming said table. Theupper roller J is smooth and coacts with the ribs of the lower roller JThe bearings of the roller J are adjustable by means of screws j for thepurpose of elevating and lowering such roller.

This roller is a mere idler, deriving motion from the passage of thepieces of web W? over it. The roller J is,however,positively driventhrough a gear-wheel j, affixed to one of its journals and engaging witha gearrwheel 7' which is mounted upon a stud aflixed to the main frameA. Motion is imparted to the gear-wheel j by a gear-wheel 70, which isaffixed to one 'of the journals of a roller K, arranged above the rollerD 7 7c derives motion from a gear-wheel on a shaft of the roller D Thisroller K is journaled in bearings fitted to housings in the main frameA, so asto be adjustable, through the agency of screws 75. j

L designates a guard consisting of a plate fastened to the adjustableframe A and extending up at an incline to a point opposite the meetingsurfaces of the rollers H H3 Its function is to prevent the web V fromrun.- ning down over the roller H and to insure its passage onto thetable I.

The gear-wheel This table consists, essentially, of

Between the rollers V H H and the rollers J J 2 a guard L is arranged.It consists of a plate extending upward from the, plane of the table Iand thence over the table. Its portion which extends over the table isinclined downwardly as it extends froln the roller H to the roller J.The function of this guide is to prevent the web from rising off thetable sufficiently to curl up during its movement wi l onward, can exertno pulling force upon the main portion of the web. Consequently the mainweb is to be pushed forward over the portion of the table I until itreaches the rollers J J Almost immediately on the forward edge beinggripped by these rollers J J the forward portion is severed by one ofthe rollers H II from the main portion of the web.

Between the roller J and the roller K a guard L is arranged above thetable I. This is constructed like the guard L and that portion whichextends over the table is inclined downwardly from the roller J towardthe roller K.

The pieces cut from the web are severally moved onward by the rollers Kand D and on leaving these rollers pass along a guide M, which closelyfills the space between those portions of these rollers which areopposite the cow-catcher B, but is so arranged as to leave a spacebetween its under side and the roller D for the passage of the piecescut from the web Of course only one of these pieces passes along at atime. The others follow it in succession.

Each piece cut from the web is carried by the roller D into contact withthe web W". The speed of .the mechanism whereby motion is imparted tothe pieces cut from the web 17V will bear such relation to the speed atwhich the web WV is moved that one of the pieces of supplementary mattercut from the web V will be presented opposite the surfaces of the web W,to which paste has been applied by the arm G Consequently the pieces ofsupplementarymatter cut from the web W will all be fastened to the sameportion of each newspaper or like article which is severed from the webIV.

It will be understood that the pieces of supplementary matter may varyin size. As they vary in length, it will be necessary to vary the speedat which they are fed relatively to the speed of the movement which theweb \V receives, and it will also be necessary to vary the time ofcutting. A variation of the time of cutting may be produced by takingout a knife or knives from the roller II". As this rolleris representedas provided with but two knives, its time of cutting would be varied byremoving one of them. The speed may be varied by altering the mechanismswhereby motion is imparted to the gear-Wheel 7L6 on the roller 1-1 for,as the motion of the roller II and the motion of the rollers I1 1-1 areall derived from this gear-wheel h, the speed of all the parts whichfeed the web W up to the time of cutting it into pieces will be varied.Obviously it is not necessary to vary the speed of the roller D becausethe cut pieces of the web Vt must move at the same speed as the web \Vat the time of meeting and being secured to this web.

I will now describe the mechanism through which motion is imparted tothe gear-wheel h and explain the manner in which the speed transmittedby it to said gear-wheel 7L6 may be varied.

N designates a gear-wheel which is mounted upon a stud n, that isfastened in aslotted bracket 02. The slot in this bracket extendsobliquely, and hence an upward movement of the gear-wheel N will resultin shifting it farther away from the shaft or journal of the roller E.On this shaft or journal is a gearwheel N, through which motion istransmitted to the gear-wheel N. As the wheel N is shifted toward andfrom the axial line of the roller E by adjusting it downward and upwardwithin the oblique slot of the bracket n, it is obvious that theadjustment of the wheel N affords provision for removing any particulargearwheel N and substituting thereforanother of a different size. Thesubstitution of a gear-wheel N of a different size for another will ofcourse effect a variation in the speed transmitted to the gear-wheel N.

Whenever the gear-wheel N is adjusted in the bracket N it willnecessitate an adjustment of the sliding frame A in the main frame A,for if the gear-wheel h of the roller H were not moved to one side itwould be impossible to adjust the gear-wheel'N. l V hen thesliding'frame A is thus adjusted, the rear part of the table I will alsobe adjusted in the same direction, so as to preserve its positionrelatively to the rolls H II, in order that the proper feeding of thesheets may be secured, the table being made adjustable for this purpose,as above described.

It will be seen that when the illustrationsheet or other small sheetcontaining supplementary matter is attached in the manner described, soas to form a permanent part of the main web and a part of the readingmatter of the page to which it is attached, the part of the page of themain sheet beneath it becomes waste space, which may eitherbe leftunprinted in printing the main sheet, orif it is preferred that thetype-form should be full may be printed with waste matter.

I am aware of the patent to Luther O. Crowell for improvements inweb-printing machines,No. 452,596, dated May 19,1891, and I do not claimany subject-matter shown or described therein.

What I claim as my invention, and desire to secure by Letters Patent,is-

1. In a printing-machine, the combination with the delivery mechanismfor the main sheets, of feeding and pasting mechanisms constructed andlocated in position to advance printed sheets of less length than themain sheets and of small size relatively thereto and attach them to thepages of the main sheets over a waste space on the latter, so as to forma part of the printed matter on the pages to which they are respectivelyattached, substantially as described.

2. In a printing-machine, the combination with the delivery mechanismfor the main sheets, of feeding,severing, and pasting mechanismsconstructed and located in position to ,printed matter on the pages towhich they are respectively attached, substantially as described.

3. In a printing-machine, the combination with the delivery mechanismfor the main sheets, of pasting mechanism for applying paste to a wastespace on a main sheet, and feeding mechanism constructed to advanceprinted sheets of less length than the main sheets and of small sizerelatively thereto and located in position to deliver said small sheetsupon the pasted waste spaces on the main sheets, whereby the main sheetsare provided with small sheets forming a part of the printed matter onthe pages to which they are respectively attached, substantially asdescribed.

at. In a web-printin g machine, the combination with the longitudinalfolder whereby the main sheets are doubled, of feeding and pastingmechanisms constructed and located in position to advance printed sheetsof less length than the main sheets and of small size relatively theretoand attach them to the outer pages of the main sheets after the latterleave the longitudinal folder and over a waste space on the main sheets,so as to form a part of the printed matter on the page to which they arerespectively attached, substantially as described.

5. In a web-printing machine, the combination with the longitudinalfolder, whereby the main sheets are doubled, of pasting mechanismconstructed and located in position to apply paste to said main sheetsas they pass over the folder, and feeding mechanism constructed toadvance printed sheets of less length than the main sheets and of smallsize relatively thereto, and located in position to deliver said smallsheets on the pasted portions of the main sheets, substantially asdescribed.

6. In a printing-machine, the combination with the delivery mechanismfor the main sheets, of feeding and pasting mechanisms constructed andlocated in position to advance printed sheets of less length than themain sheets and of small size relatively thereto and attach them to thepages of themain sheets over a waste space on the latter, so as to forma part of the printed matter on the pages to which they are respectivelyattached, and means for varying the speed of .said feeding mechanism inaccordance with the size of the sheets to be attached, substantially asdescribed.

7 In a printing-machine, the combination with the delivery mechanism forthe main sheets, of feeding and pasting mechanisms constructed andlocated in position to advance small printed sheets and attach them tothe main sheets, and means for varying the speed of the feedingmechanism in accordancewith the size of the small sheets relatively tothe main sheets, substantially as described@ 8. In a printing-machine,the combination with the delivery mechanism for the .main sheets, offeeding and pasting mechanisms constructed and located in position toadvance small printed sheets and attach them to the main sheets, andmeans for adjusting the pasting mechanism to Vary the extent of surfaceto which paste is applied, substantially as described.

9. In a printing-machine, the combination with the delivery mechanismfor the inain sheets, of feeding and pasting mechanisms constructed andlocated in position to advance small printed sheets and attach them tothe main sheets, and means for varying the speed of the feedingmechanism and the extent of surface pasted in accordance with the sizeof the small sheets, substantially as described.

10. In a printing-machine, the combination with the delivery mechanismfor the main sheets, of Web feeding, severing and pasting mechanismsconstructed and located in position to sever from a narrow printed websmall sheets and attach them to the main sheets, means for varying thelength of the small sheets severed by the severing mechanism, and meansfor varying the speed of the feeding mechanism in accordance with thesize of the small sheets, substantially as described.

11. In a Web-printing machine, the combination with the folder fordoubling the main web and feeders for moving forward the web afterfolding, of feeders for propelling another web toward the web firstmentioned, a cutter having removable knives and operating to severportions of the second Web and variable mechanism for driving thefeeders and cutters for the second web, substantially as described.

12. In a Web-printing machine, the combination with the deliverymechanism, of rollers H H for feeding a second web, cutting-rollers H Hfor severing such web, a table adjacent to the rollers H I-I and afeeding-roller for conducting portions of the second web into contactwith the main web, substantially as described.

13. In a web-printing machine, the combination with the deliverymechanism, of rollers H II for feeding a second web, cuttin g-rollersII", II for severing such web, a table adjacent to the rollers H H afeeding-roller for conducting portions of the second web into contactwith the main web and guards for preventing the curling of the edges ofthe second web, substantially as described.

14. I11 a web-printing machine, the combination with the deliverymechanism, of rollers H H to r feeding a second web, cutting-rollers H,II for severing such web, a table adj acent' table operating to feed thepieces cut from the second web over the said table and a feedroller forconducting the pieces cut from the second web into contact with the mainweb, substantially as described.

15. In a web-printing machine, the combination with the deliverymechanism, of rollers H H for feeding a second web,cutting-rollers H, Hfor severing such web, a table adjacent to the rollers 11 H constructedof two sections having intermatching finger-like portions at theiropposite ends and having openings through it, two rollers on oppositesides of said table operating to feed the pieces cut from the second weboverthe said table, and a feed-roller for conducting the pieces cut fromthe second web into contact with the main web, substantially asdescribed.

16. The combination with two sheet-feeding mechanisms adjustablerelatively to each other, of a table supporting the sheet between thefeeding mechanisms, and means for adjusting the length of said table,substantially as described.

17. The combination with rolls J J engaging by ribs,of table I havingfingers extending between said ribs and made in two parts for adjustmentof the length of the table transversely to the rolls, substantially asdescribed.

18. The combination with driving-shaft N, of driven shaft '12 mounted ininclined bearin gs, and sliding frame A carrying rolls driven from shaft71,, substantially as described.

19. The combination with a forked pasteblock carrier, of means foradjusting said forks to hold paste-blocks of different sizes,substantially as described.

In testimony whereof I have signed my name to this specification in thepresence of two subscribing witnesses.

GEORGE XV. TURNER. lVitnesses:

EDWD. H. ARGENT, (J. M. HAMMOND.

